Hay-press.



Patented Mar.'26, [QOL No. 6704,46t.

' HAYPRESS."

(Application Bled Aug. 24, 1900.)

(llo Model.)

THE MORRIS vEYEns c o, MTGLITNO.. WASHINGTON. D l:`

JEROME W. TROUT, OF KIRBYVILLE, MTSSOURI.

HAY-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 670,461, dated March 26, 1901.

Application led August 24, 1900.l Serial No. 27,912. (No model.)

To all whom t mag/noern:

Be it known that I, JEROME W. TROUT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kirbyville, in the county of Taney and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulv Improvements in Hay-Presses; and l do declare the following` to be a full, clear, and eX- act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in hay-presses.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a top plan view. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View, and Fig. 4 is a detail View.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the pressbox, B the plunger-beam, and C the followerhead, which is notched on its opposite edges, as seen at C,to receive laterally-yielding arms, which are hereinafter described. At the outer end of said beam B are mounted antifrictionrollers D, between the strips D', in which the axes of said rollers are journaled. These rollers are spaced apart, as shown. The vertically-mounted post E has secured thereto the sweep F, and a toothed segment G is also secured to and rotates with said post, the teeth of said segment being designed toengage between the antifriction-rollers described, whereby the plunger is driven forward'as the sweep is driven around. A spring H is provided, which returns the plunger to its starting position. The horizontal bed-pieces I, between which said beam reciprocates and is guided, has plates I secured thereto, which have hooks I2, connected to hooks I3, which in turn are fastened to eye-bolts I4, mounted in the press-box, which construction is provided to allow the press to be easily taken apart for shipment or storage. To the under edges of said bed-pieces are fastened the plates J, which have their free angled ends clamped to the end of the press-box by means of a metallic plat-e J', through which the threaded ends of the bars J2 pass and are engaged by nuts J3. These bars J 2, which pass through plunger is retracted.

sired, these angled ends may be fastened by suitable means to the press-brace. The opposite ends of said bars are angled and are located adjacent to the edge of one of the pressbraces J5.

Mounted on the follower is a plate K, which projects rearward from the front face ofsaid follower and has a lug K projecting downward from its under face, near its rear edge.

Mounted on a rod L, journal'ed in ears L on the opposite edges of the box, is an inclined swinging plate L2, the lowerfree edge of which rests upon the upper surface of the plate K as the latter reciprocates, said plate being provided to prevent hay or other material being baled from being drawn back by the plunger.

Journaled in the opposite side walls of the press-box is a bale-engaging rocking plate M, the contracted ends of which pass through the walls of the press and are bent in the shape of cranks and are engaged by springs M', which tend to normally hold said plate M in a vertical position. Stops m are provided, against which said crank ends abut when swung upward. When the plunger is driven forward, the plate M will yield to allow the follower to pass under, and Said swinging plate will return to its normal position under the tension of the springs m when the plunger is withdrawn. This plate vM'serves to hold the bale from expanding rearward after the On opposite sides of the press-box are secured the spring-retainer arms O, which are bent inward in the path of the plunger and have their ends bent at angles and outwardly disposed. Said bent retainerarms pass through apertures O inthe side Walls of the press. The outwardly-bent ends of said arms serve as stops against which the lower portion lof the bale abuts, and said armsyield and are thrown outward when the plunger is driven forward.

The sides, top, and bottom of the press-box beyond the forward throw of the plunger are held together by means of the hars P, which are journaled in the top and bottom of the IOO boX and which hars are provided With hooked ends P', which engage with the lugs Q on the sides of the box, also by lthe threaded rods R, which have Winged nuts thereon, said rods passingr through the opposite sides of the press.

From the con stru ation shown and described it will be noted that my improved press may be readily taken apart and reduced to a oompaet and convenient shape for moving from place to place.

That I claim is- In com bination with the press-box,the pl unger, the bed-pieces between which the plunger reoiproeates, the holt-hooks held Lo the press-box, the hooked plates fastened to said bed-pieces, and the hook-eyes connecting,Y said bolts with the hooked plates, the plates J secured to the bed-pieces and having,V angled ends, and means for holding the latter to the zo frame of the press, as set forth.

J. W. TROUT.

Witnesses:

S. BETT, A. I. BREEDON. 

